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@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@ assembles the complete theme in `dist/udt/`: `theme.txt`, the PNG slices in
 the same colours, the `.pf2` fonts and `background.jpg`, a GRUB-readable copy
 of `~/.cache/udt/wpaper`. Both outputs are gitignored.
 
+The panel title is the machine's pretty name, `PRETTY_HOSTNAME` in
+`/etc/machine-info`, or the OS name from `/etc/os-release` when that is not
+set. To set it, as root:
+
+    echo 'PRETTY_HOSTNAME="My Machine"' > /etc/machine-info
+
 The accent is the scheme's fixed `accent` role, not the wallpaper-tracking
 one: nothing at boot can read that.